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Logbook of the Alert (Ship) of New London, Conn., mastered by Nathaniel Middleton Jr., kept by P. Latimer Rogers, on voyage from 1845 June 16-1847 May 24

Item Details

Creator: Alert (Ship), Middleton, Nathaniel Jr., Rogers, P. Latimer
Subjects: Accidents, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Bounty Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Christmas, Civil war--Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island), Collisions at sea, Cook Islands--Description and travel, Finback whale, France.--Marine, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Havens & Smith (New London, Conn.), Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples, Mangaia (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Middleton, Nathaniel, Otago (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Punishment, Right Whales, Russell (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Society Islands (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Description and travel, Whalers (Persons), Whaling masters, Whaling--Connecticut--New London
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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